Top Diplomat Testified Pompeo Called Hannity About Yovanovitch Smears

[UpInArms]

Source: Daily Beast

David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs, said in his closed-door impeachment testimony that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Fox News host Sean Hannity last spring to ask about the smear campaign launched against former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, according to a transcript that was made public Monday night.

Discussing efforts by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and pro-Trump media to besmirch the reputation of Yovanovitch ahead of her ouster as ambassador, Hale noted that Pompeo spoke to Giuliani twice in late March regarding the allegations.

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Hale’s testimony tracks with that of both Yovanovitch and senior State Department official George Kent, who both said it was their understanding that Pompeo or someone from State called the Fox host to see “what is going on” with coverage of the allegations.

Hannity, meanwhile, has repeatedly denied that Pompeo contacted him at the time, calling the testimony “fake news” and insisting that he barely covered Yovanovitch during the spring, claiming that he didn’t “know anything about this woman.” He has also threatened to file a lawsuit if officials didn’t “stop spreading bogus rumors and smears about” him.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-diplomat-david-hale-testified-pompeo-called-fox-news-sean-hannity-about-yovanovitch-smears

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Hannity needs a new striped suit ... preferably in orange

[blueinredohio]

1. Subpoena Hannity.

[UpInArms]

3. From May 2018

Link to tweet

?s=20

[slater71]

19. It is time to take this asshole down.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Unclear from this article

if Pompeo was merely fishing, seeking progress, or actually trying to defend his ambassador.

[UpInArms]

4. Am thinking that Hannity is part of

The unofficial policy gang

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Well yes definitely

but it is also possible Pompeo tried to keep a lid on him a bit because State is his responsibility and his personnel are not considered political. 'Tone it down' in other words, Hannity is just so out of line every night. Will be interesting to watch.

[certainot]

23. hannity AND linmbaugh. russians have been using them since at least 2008. limbo is trump golf

buddy and neighbor in palm beach and the guy trump made sure was there with him on the links for a photo op the day after the mueler report came out to intimidate GOP senators who might have second thoughts about their asskissing

limbo is top dog in the propaganda operation but hannity is also on fox aside from his radio station and he's less cautious than linmbaugh, and stupider

thing about limbo is he's been doing sanitized transcripts for years so everyone can stay on the same page without listening - and those transcripts are out there for searching, along with some youtubes for particular dates and those can be transcribed quick and cheap at sites like sonix.ai

[itcfish]

13. Right!

What exactly did he want to know? Was the smear working? Was Hannity going to continue the smear campaign? etc. etc.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Hannity following tRump's "the woman" lead with "this woman". They hate strong women. . . . nt

[Maribelle]

7. Hannity "threatened to file a lawsuit" just like Trump always threatens.

Which came first the chicken or the egg?

[2naSalit]

8. Another

POS that needs to be flushed!

[oldsoftie]

9. And Hannity is the LEAST qualified of ANY of the opinion hosts.

At least the others have actually had professional careers.
Hannity was just a doofus who got lucky. MAybe thats why trump likes him the most; he's on the same level of intellect.

[UpInArms]

10. Smarmy slick lying POS

I have watched him turn logic into a pretzel for years

The more you hear him the less you know

[PSPS]

21. "I have watched him turn logic into a pretzel for years"

Why? What I mean is, why watch him at all?

[UpInArms]

27. I never tune into Faux ...

Yet, he has appeared on other networks and discussion panels ...

I have always been horrified by him

I assure you, watching him was never my goal

[Jarqui]

11. It's one thing to have a "News" organization providing a partisan slant

It has to be another when the news organization is doing the bidding of the partisan politicians they're supposedly covering - including smearing an innocent government employee.

Why should Pompeo not face impeachment?

Why should Perry not face impeachment for greasing the wheels for his buddies on the gas deal?

The corrupt Senate may not impeach them but hanging them up for all to see what they are is not a bad thing to do to people like this.

[Mc Mike]

12. Amazing that a zero brain nazi like Hannity has such influence on our government.

[usaf-vet]

16. All Hannity needs is 1 IQ point above Trump and microphone and he can "advise" the "stable genius".

[Mc Mike]

20. As long as he 'advises' from a position of 'total abject deference to the greatness of shitler'.

[packman]

14. Time to waterboard Hannity

Didn't he say once, quite a while back, that he would submit to waterboarding to show it wasn't such a big deal?


https://thinkprogress.org/hannity-explodes-after-being-confronted-by-thinkprogress-about-previous-offer-to-be-waterboarded-for-644af3767139/

[oldsoftie]

30. Yes he did. And no, he never did it.

[flor-de-jasmim]

15. I'm so tired of the phrase "this woman" as a diminishing reference to females in positions of power.

[sop]

17. From the FOX News spreader of bogus rumors and smears:

Hannity threatened to file a lawsuit if officials didn’t “stop spreading bogus rumors and smears about” him.

[oldsoftie]

31. Well, go ahead. He wont. Just like trump never does.

[Judi Lynn]

18. Thank you, UpInArms. Rec. n/t

[Martin Eden]

22. "bogus rumors and smears"

Hannity is projecting his own specialty onto others.

[PatSeg]

24. Whoa, sounds awfully defensive there

Threatening a lawsuit? That's priceless considering all the bogus rumors and smears he spreads.

[bitterross]

25. File a lawsuit. Please. The discovery phase will be great

I wish he would file a lawsuit. Then he'll have to respond to the lies he tells with facts. Facts don't usually hold up well for FOX news hosts.

[MyOwnPeace]

29. THIS - times 1,000!!!!!!

[MontanaMama]

26. Pompeo is as dirty as they come.

Hannity needs a fucking subpoena. This is outrageous.

[Traildogbob]

28. Jail em both

Use the treason law to the fullest extent of punishment. Secretary PompousAhole and Hannity are completely sbove the law. My hope is this whole regime gets taken down and prosecuted fully and it finally destroys Murdock and all his traitorous puppets. These assholes hate democracy and want a full on DICKtatorship. Certainly have the DICKS to pull it off.

[Progressive Jones]

32. Hannity should be subpoenaed just to see what the reaction is.

Have the subpoena delivered with MSNBC cameras rolling.